John H,
Yes I've heard of a super telephoto Nikkor ED AIS which a customer couldn't
get replacement internal felt liner focusing for. Since its an "old " lens
Nikon doesn't have any spares.
On the other hand, I can't seem to get the 49-72mm stepping ring for my
Zuiko 18/3.5 from Olympus America.
As a marketing professional who has driven product obsolescence
personally, I can simply say its matter of economics...supporting old
inventory/products is unbelievably expensive.
At 11:55 AM 12/13/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I've heard complaints from owners of not so old Nikon stuff. It seems Nikon
>will only support discontinued models for about 7 years. Has anyone heard
>otherwise?
>
>John
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>From: Phillip Franklin <pfranklin@xxxxxxxx>
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>Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 5:42 PM
>Subject: [OM] What's the market like for a Zuiko 16mm 3.5?
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>> BJ & others,
>>
>> I have to agree that "size does matter" in choosing a lens & camera
>> system. Why can't some designers from Canon or Nikon steal some designs
>> from Olympus. It's becoming obvious that Olympus executives don't care
>> to sell to their life long SLR customers such as myself and some others
>> on this list. I've toyed with the idea of selling off some of the OM
>> bodies & lenses to aquire a clean used Nikon N90s and and one or two
>> superwide Nikkor lenses for immersive vr. The first reason (second
>> being price) I chose OM over Nikon & Canon on that memorable early June,
>> 1974, day in Northern California, was that the OM-1 fit in my young
>> hands so much better than those massive Nikon & Canon clunkers. My Bogen
>> VR tripod head rig now even has some special features for the newer
>> Nikon bodies. You won't see this for OM gear. Most major third party
>> manufactures have all but given up on making things for the OM user.
>> And you're right on the money on the digital transformation. We all
>> know that regardless of who makes the new professional digital bodies,
>> all will have mounts for Nikon (or Canon). Will any have mounts for
>> this fabulous Zuiko glass? Why would a studio who has never used Zuiko
>> before rush out to buy Zuiko glass now when it's becoming so pricey and
>> it has a questionable future? Hopefully some of the Olympus executives
>> read these posts and maybe they will get a clue. Will someone invite
>> them to join our discussions?
>>
>> In speaking of the digital transformation, I have designed (in my dreams
>> of course) a digital flex body (a bellows design with tilts & swings &
>> shifts) which will incorperate a Zuiko mount. Using current
>> professional quality 3 chip ccd arrays (meaning that the image size will
>> be less than 35mm x 24mm), coverage area will not be a problem in
>> extreme tilts & shifts & swings. With this current 3 ccd chip array
>> (from 3000x2000 pixels to about 2000x1400 pixels) one could produce
>> excellent product and general photography for both printed materials and
>> ofcourse on-line media. This would allow us to capitalize on our
>> biggest investment in our 35mm gear (our glass) and alllow us to
>> transition into a 100 0igital realm without having to buy newer & less
>> qulity optics. I know Horsemen makes a very expensive (and somewhat
>> useless IMO) tilt & shift bellows for 35mm bodies but you have to of
>> course use their very expensive lenses. So any thoughts on this from
>> you (BJ) or anyone else on this list who sees the questionable long-term
>> relationship with our beloved Zuiko glass?
>>
>> Phillip Franklin
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